ACTFL Spanish Proficiency Test
Being able to speak Spanish at a proficient level is a basic requirement
for many callings, especially for teachers and those who wish to become
certified as language teachers. The American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is the most universally recognized and their test
results are accepted by virtually every major institute, university, academy
and corporation of import, plus it has the broadest collection of languages
that it tests. The exams are administered by Language Testing International
(LTI).

Spanish being one of the most popular languages to learn in the world, it
makes sense that LTI is especially strong in this field and the quality
of their testing is superb. Most schools and universities require ACTFL
for admission into certain language teaching programs, and/or students must
pass the ACTFL Spanish test upon receiving the requisite training within
the teaching or language department’s core curriculum.

LTI language testing questions
The test is divided into two parts, which can be taken independently. There
is an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and a Written Proficiency Interview
(WPI). What kind of questions are on the ACTFL written language test? To
find out, you will want to keep reading because for proper ACTFL test preparation,
it is necessary to get ready for both parts. On this page we guide you to
resources on how to prepare for both the OPI and the WPI. The OPI takes
the form of a conversation in Spanish, either in person or over the phone,
which lasts as long as half an hour and as little as ten minutes. This is
a listening and speaking spanish proficiency test. The nature of the oral
ACTFL Spanish test is very open ended, as a natural conversation might tend
to be, and the topics at hand are those that interest the person speaking.
In this sense the only way to prepare for the Spanish OPI is simply to be
able to talk fluently and answer questions and go into depth, orally, about
the things that interest you. It’s that simple—and that hard.
To prepare for the ACTFL oral exam questions in Spanish, practice real life
conversation with native speakers, preferably from academia or the business
sector, study sample oral proficiency test questions for the Spanish ACTFL,
download copies online or order the prep books over the Internet at online
sites where they sell ACTFL workbooks.

The WPT is requires that the person being tested read a text in English
and respond to it in Spanish, without the aid of dictionaries, thesauri,
or any type of reference material (all of which, however, are recommended
ACTFL WPT preparation materials). There are questions provided that help
to queue the response, but the writing must take the form of complete
sentences amassed into whole paragraphs, and demonstrate an ability to
develop a thought in written Spanish in a coherent narrative style. The
test lasts 90 minutes at the most.

Typically the minimum requirement for most university and teaching programs
is an Advanced Low, which is, on the ACTFL grading scale, three steps
below the highest grade possible, which is called Superior. The scale
of possible grades for the Spanish language proficiency test provided
by ACTFL is as follows:

Many programs accept advanced low Spanish proficiency, although everybody
should aim for the highest grade, superior. For more information about
the ACTFL Spanish test you can read detailed descriptions of the proficiency
and fluency required for each of the levels, including the ACTFL grading
policies and rubric, here at the Web site of Language Testing International
(LTI), which is the organization that administers the ACTFL Spanish
proficiency test.

ResourcesACTFL
American Council on the Testing of Foreign Languages. Discover where to
find ACTFL test questions. LTI
Language Testing International